Will Henry Quotes

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

There is one consolation in being sick and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Things do not change we change.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Unasked, Unsought, Love gives itself but is not bought

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

He supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.

Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes

Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest, a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous.

Some people say readin too many books will stunt your growth.

History warns us ... that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there!

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.

A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.

Oh, I know what to do when I see victuals coming toward me in little old Bagdad-on-the-Subway. I strike the asphalt three times with my forehead and get ready to spiel yarns for my supper.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books

Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell

Ik kwam er achter dat ik er mijn hele leven heus niet naar had verlang om te leven - als wat anderen doen tenminste leven genoemd kan worden - maar wel om mezelf te kunnen uitdrukken.

Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.

We have to know the truth about the past to discover out future.

There are always consequences to the truth.

The clash of ideas is not weakness.Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.

Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.

It is possible to compromise in certain areas when choosing a partner for life, but never on a cravat.

Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem.

Give me liberty or give me death.".]

The Angel of Death is the invisible Angel of Life.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beatingFuneral marches to the grave.

People have incredible nerve to do terrible things, but never actually admit to them.

There’s no better way to get to know a city than to walk its streets. A place will reveal its soul through its sights, sounds and smells, and eventually, it’ll teach you its rhythm.

Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you thatyou don’t pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it.The same should apply to ballsy remarks.

Always focus on the power of love than the love of power

Always focus on the power of love than the love of power.

Resolve, and thou art free.

Through endless night the earth whirls toward a creation unknown...